Rotavirus infection in children suffering from gastroenteritis in Kirkuk province

I. Abdullah, Hind; I. Ali, Gateen; M. Younis, Hadeel

	Rotavirus infection in children suffering from gastroenteritis in Kirkuk province
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 174-179
Authors
Hind I. Abdullah; Gateen I. Ali; Hadeel M. Younis
Abstract
This study was conducted in kirkuk city on a total of 114 child suffering from acute diarrhea for less than two weeks duration and admitted to Azadi General Hospital in Kirkuk in Pediatric and emergencies wards and who attended to primary health center in Arafa and Al-Wassity .The main aim of this study was to diagnose acute gastroenteritis due to rotavirus infection among infants and children aged between one day to twenty four months, during five months. All fecal specimens were examined for children suffering from acute diarrhea , diagnostic laboratory tests were performed on each sample by macroscopic examination , microscopic examination and latex agglutination test for detecting the presence of rotavirus. The rate of acute Rota viral gastroenteritis in children was found to be 27 cases (23.68%)and infection with this virus increased in children this virus under two years old with slight difference between male 16 cases (14,03%) and female 11 cases (9,64%).At the same time the rate of acute Rota viral gastroenteritis was higher among urban children 12 cases (10.52%)than 5 cases(4,38%).Also, the frequency of the disease was found to be lower in breast feeding educated mother, and river water drinking children with percentage value of 10.63% , 14.28% , and 16.66% respectively than bottle feeding, illiterate mother and municipal water drinking children with values of 34.28% ,30.28%, and 25,55% respectively . The peak of this infection was seen in children age 6-12 month which recorded 30% while a lower value of 15.78% was recorded among children aged 1 day to 6 month

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